http://spong.com/ Daily Video Games News from SPOnG.com SPOnG RSS syndicator http://backend.userland.com/rss en-gb /Top/Games/Video_Games/ /Top/Games/Video_Games/News_and_Reviews/ Copyright 1996-2012 SPOnG.com Ltd. 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 19 20 21 22 23 Saturday Sunday http://spong.com/article/27081/UK-Video-Game-Chart-Max-Payne-Guns-Down-Diablo-III Blizzard spanks PC records. [Posted 21 May 2012 by Svend Joscelyne]

Typical, isn't it? You wait ages for one AAA game to arrive and all of a sudden two come along at once. In last week's clash of the titans, Rockstar's Max Payne 3 went toe-to-toe against Blizzard's Diablo III. The UK Video Game Chart is in, and Rockstar has emerged the victor, marking its first No.1 since ... click to read full item ]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 11:14:00 +0100 http://spong.com/article/27081/UK-Video-Game-Chart-Max-Payne-Guns-Down-Diablo-III http://spong.com/article/27080/EA-Waives-Origin-Distribution-Fees-for-Crowd-Funded-Games Wasteland 2 to be a key game in this initiative. [Posted 21 May 2012 by Svend Joscelyne]

How do you make your digital distribution service compete with the likes of Steam? You offer incentives, of course. And in a show of kind-heartedness, Electronic Arts is kicking off one hell of an initiative for developers - a waiving of distribution fees for crowd-funded games on its Origin platform.

Studios who have successfully gone cap-in-hand to ... click to read full item ]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 10:36:00 +0100 http://spong.com/article/27080/EA-Waives-Origin-Distribution-Fees-for-Crowd-Funded-Games http://spong.com/article/27079/Wii-U-Tablet-Redesign-Leaked New analogue sticks, new buttons... [Posted 21 May 2012 by Svend Joscelyne]

An image of a redesigned Wii U controller has spread through the internets like a virus this past weekend, after a QA tester at UK studio Traveller's Tales got a bit too snap-happy with a development kit.

Comparing the image to the prototype Wii U controller at E3 2011 reveals a couple of interesting features. Instead of ... click to read full item ]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 10:00:00 +0100 http://spong.com/article/27079/Wii-U-Tablet-Redesign-Leaked http://spong.com/article/27077/007-Legends-Trailer-Reveals-Moonraker-Stage-Release-Date Also - SKYFALL! [Posted 21 May 2012 by Svend Joscelyne]

James Bond fans got two surprises this morning. The first was the latest trailer to upcoming Daniel Craig flick, Skyfall, which is looking absolutely stunning. The second was the first trailer to Activision's 007 Legends, which was packed into the same video.

The new espionage shooter, developed by Goldeneye 007: Reloaded studio Eurocom, will ... click to read full item ]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 09:35:00 +0100 http://spong.com/article/27077/007-Legends-Trailer-Reveals-Moonraker-Stage-Release-Date http://spong.com/nibble/27075/New-Amazing-Spider-Man-Video-Whats-a-Web-Rush [Posted 18 May 2012 by Mark E. Johnson]

Activision has put out a video for the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man game-of-the-film-of-the-comic, featuring a new made up* superpower for the webbed wonder.

It's called 'web rush', and it's not all that clear what it actually does. Part detective vision from Batman: Arkham Asylum, part bullet time, it seems to allow the wallcrawler to slow down ... click to read full item ]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 14:23:00 +0100 http://spong.com/nibble/27075/New-Amazing-Spider-Man-Video-Whats-a-Web-Rush http://spong.com/article/27074/PlayStation-All-Stars-Battle-Royale-Gets-Kevin-Butler Also Nathan Drake, Sly Cooper and Cole McGrath and Snake [Posted 18 May 2012 by Tim Smith]

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is not all about the characters. That would be cynical. It's about the finely balanced game play, the cutting edge graphics, the clever use of sound. Right? It's also got Snake, Drake and Kevin Bloody Butler!

IMDB shows up a cast list that includes: "Terrence 'T.C.' Carson as Kratos, Dred Foxx as ... click to read full item ]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 13:00:00 +0100 http://spong.com/article/27074/PlayStation-All-Stars-Battle-Royale-Gets-Kevin-Butler http://spong.com/feature/10110693/Review-Max-Payne-3 The devil you know [Posted 18 May 2012 by Mark E. Johnson]

“I knew that if I was going to get the girl back, I was going to have to go after them like a Man on Fire. And if I had to die doing it, well, I'd Die Hard...” That all has to be said in the graveliest possible voice, of course. Rockstar can have that one for the ... click to read full item ]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 12:33:33 +0100 http://spong.com/feature/10110693/Review-Max-Payne-3 http://spong.com/nibble/27073/Video-Doctor-Who-Here-There-be-Monsters [Posted 18 May 2012 by Mark E. Johnson]

Daleks! Cybermen! Silurians! Silence! That may look like a string of SEO terms aimed to hook in squirming Doctor Who fans, but it also happens to be some of the line-up of monsters you can expect from Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock.

Yes, we have a video about the monsters. No, you're not even reading ... click to read full item ]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 12:33:00 +0100 http://spong.com/nibble/27073/Video-Doctor-Who-Here-There-be-Monsters http://spong.com/article/27072/Far-Cry-3-Beta-News-is-Good-News Get liking it via Facebook... or lose out. [Posted 18 May 2012 by Tim Smith]

So, Facebook is hitting the world markets at around £24 per share an Ubisoft is using it to pre-load Far Cry 3 multiplayer beta entries. Is there a connection!?? No, no there isn't. Also, the interesting thing out of that is that Far Cry 3 multiplayer early beta entries are up and running.

Basically, Ubisoft ... click to read full item ]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 12:10:00 +0100 http://spong.com/article/27072/Far-Cry-3-Beta-News-is-Good-News http://spong.com/nibble/27071/XCOM-Enemy-Unknown-Video-is-Developing-in-a-Diary [Posted 18 May 2012 by Tim Smith]

Following a wee but amusing hiccough featuring the Simpsons, 2K Games has made public a new dev diary for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the game due out this very autumn on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

The video features lead programmer Casey O’Toole explaining the many cool ways in which developer Firaxis has used new technology to ... click to read full item ]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 11:39:00 +0100 http://spong.com/nibble/27071/XCOM-Enemy-Unknown-Video-is-Developing-in-a-Diary